Bengaluru: News

22 Jun 2018

Bengaluru

Bengaluru: Hours-old baby abandoned outside stranger's house

In a heart-wrenching tale, a newborn was left abandoned outside a house in Ramaiah Layout in North Bengaluru, just hours after her birth.

21 Jun 2018

Monsoon

Bengaluru: Unpaid, BBMP-contractors to strike, leaving potholes open, drains clogged

Monsoon is set to get rough for Bengalureans, courtesy BBMP's reluctance to pay its contractors.

19 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Six boys of a school reported missing in Bengaluru

Six boys, who are Class IX students of St. Lawrence School in Bengaluru, have gone missing, sending the parents and police into a tizzy.

16 Jun 2018

India

Bengaluru girl to represent India at International Biology Olympiad

A Bengaluru-based girl has been selected to represent India at the famed International Biology Olympiad 2018.

16 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Bengaluru: The reason behind techie's horse-ride to work needs attention

Chances are you may have seen the viral photograph of a software engineer in Bengaluru riding to office on a horse.

14 Jun 2018

BPCL

CNG-run cabs to finally hit Bengaluru roads this month

CNG-run cabs will finally make their foray into Bengaluru roads.

13 Jun 2018

Startups

Micro-delivery start-up Daily Ninja secures $3mn in fresh funding round

Micro-delivery start-up DailyNinja has raised $3 million in a fresh round of funding from Saama Capital and existing investor Sequoia Capital.

13 Jun 2018

Bengaluru Airport

Good news for travelers flying out from Bengaluru soon!

Good news is lurking around the corner for those flying out from Bengaluru.

11 Jun 2018

Crime Against Women

Bengaluru woman sets example, overpowers molester, takes him to police

Days after a Bengaluru woman was forced to strip and pose by a cabbie, another similar case has come to the fore.

08 Jun 2018

Flipkart

Gang 'dupes' Flipkart of Rs. 1.6cr by fraudulently claiming refunds

Bengaluru-based e-commerce giant Flipkart has lodged a complaint with the cyber police, alleging a gang had cheated them of more than Rs. 1.6cr over two years.

08 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Amidst tension, Rajinikanth's 'Kaala' opens partially in Karnataka

Amidst tight police presence yesterday, dozens of theaters and six multiplexes in Bengaluru finally screened Tamil superstar Rajinikanth's latest multilingual film 'Kaala'.

07 Jun 2018

Piyush Goyal

Railways: Dispose plastic bottles and get Rs. 5/bottle on Paytm

The Railways has come up with a brilliant initiative to keep its premises clean, with some help from passengers.

Sharing ATM PIN with your spouse could cost you heavily

Most of us wouldn't think twice about handing over our ATM-card to our spouse to withdraw money for us.

07 Jun 2018

India

7 start-ups that are currently hiring in Bengaluru

The tech capital of India, Bengaluru, is home to some of India's best companies to work for.

05 Jun 2018

India

IISc team develops LifeBox for storing harvested-organs for longer times

In a revolutionary medical development, a team of Bengaluru's Indian Institute of Science (IISc) has developed an innovative, state-of-the-art organ preservation box.

05 Jun 2018

Sexual Harassment

Bengaluru: Ola-driver molests, threatens gangrape if woman didn't strip

In a traumatic incident, a Bengaluru-based architect was molested, forced to strip and have her nude pictures clicked by her Ola driver, who threatened to get her gangraped if she didn't comply.

05 Jun 2018

Karnataka

#WorldEnvironmentDay: This group aims 10,000 more trees in Bengaluru

Today, on World Environment Day, let's talk about a Bengaluru-based group that's on a mission: to make their city greener by the day.

05 Jun 2018

India

Not just Shimla, many cities, hill-stations on verge of water-crisis

Scenes from Shimla, where residents have had to line up for hours to get water from tankers since the last two weeks, might soon become rampant across India if preventive measures aren't taken.

04 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Flood alert: Five of eight Bengaluru zones at risk

A flood alert has been issued for Bengaluru's low-lying areas, even as heavy rains continue to lash the city.

04 Jun 2018

Karnataka

Will Bengaluru Metro keep running? HC to decide on employee-strike

A lot depends on the Karnataka HC today, which will issue its ruling on whether Bengaluru metro staffers can go ahead with their planned strike.

02 Jun 2018

Narendra Modi

Monsoon to hit Bengaluru by next week, predicts MeT department

The MeT department has predicted that monsoon will hit Bengaluru not before next week.

01 Jun 2018

India

#CareerBytes: Top 7 colleges for engineering in Bengaluru

Bengaluru is one of the most popular destinations in India for engineering students as it is home to some of the best engineering institutes.

31 May 2018

Vijay Kumar

Bengaluru school in trouble for forcing costly books on students

Going against rules, Baldwin School in Bengaluru's Rajarajeshwari Nagar had asked parents to buy books from particular vendors for the new session.

31 May 2018

India

IISc-Bengaluru India's only institution among top-100 in THE Reputation Rankings

Regaining its lost position after a lull of seven years, the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bengaluru, has made it to the top-100 in the Times Higher Education (THE) World Reputation Rankings 2018.

30 May 2018

Karnataka

Nipah scare enters Karnataka: Three cases suspected in Bengaluru

The Nipah scare has now entered Karnataka. Three suspected cases have been reported in the last two days in Bengaluru.

29 May 2018

Sarfaraz Khan

Bengaluru dustbins in trouble: 500 go missing, some vandalized

Even dustbins aren't safe in Bengaluru.

29 May 2018

Andhra Pradesh

Bengaluru: IIT-Delhi grad held for stealing high-end cameras worth lakhs

A 27-year-old man has been arrested in Bengaluru for conning several people by taking their high-end cameras and zoom-lenses on 'rent' and selling those online.

28 May 2018

Bengaluru Police

Bengaluru: Vagabonds arrested for molesting techie, assaulting her friend

Two vagabonds were arrested yesterday for allegedly molesting and assaulting a techie and her friend in Bengaluru recently.

28 May 2018

India

Bengaluru-based start-up to build India's first electric superbike

Mankame Automotive, a Bengaluru-based tech start-up, comprising a team of Indian engineers, has started a crowdfunding program to develop India's first electric superbike, the Mankame EP-1.

26 May 2018

NEET

#CareerBytes: Top career options for PCB students after Class 12

Science students who have completed 12th with PCB (Physics, Chemistry, Biology) have a lot of good career options today, contrary to the belief that they have limited options.

26 May 2018

Lady Shri Ram College

#CareerBytes: What career options do Humanities/Arts students have after Class-12?

Students who have completed Class-12 in the diverse Arts or Humanities stream have many great options to choose from for an exciting career.

Bengaluru: Weekend ruined! Major IT hubs, townships to face outages

Even as a new government comes to power, Bengaluru is becoming 'power-less'.

22 May 2018

Namma Metro

Baiyappanahalli triumphs Kempegowda, becomes Bengaluru's busiest metro station

In just 7-years, Bengaluru's Namma Metro registered a whopping 12-times increase in daily ridership, with Baiyappanahalli scoring the maximum daily footfall at 28,300 passengers.

22 May 2018

West Bengal

Heart travels from Bengaluru to Kolkata within four-hours, for transplant

In a historic achievement, a heart traveled 1,885 kilometres from Bengaluru to Kolkata under four hours for a successful transplant, saving a life.

20 May 2018

India

Bengaluru teen to cycle 980kms to raise awareness about bullying

One in every three children gets bullied in India, which creates a permanent blotch in the kid's psyche. Many a times, the afflicted children don't speak out, fearing backlash.

20 May 2018

BCCI

Pataudi lecture controversy: All you need to know

Controversy has been ruling the world of BCCI and CoA after former English cricketer Kevin Pietersen was selected to deliver the MAK Pataudi lecture.

19 May 2018

Namma Metro

Bengaluru Metro Union may go on strike from June 4

Bengaluru Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) employees' union has threatened an indefinite strike from thereon.

19 May 2018

Mumbai

Mumbai, Bengaluru get new co-working spaces

Mumbai and Bengaluru have gotten more co-working spaces, courtesy WeWork.

18 May 2018

Bengaluru

Bengaluru's neighbor Shimogga features in Swachh Survekshan-2018, courtesy this man

Though Bengaluru has failed to find a spot in the recently released Swachh Survekshan 2018, one man from its neighboring district, Shivamogga has made Karnataka proud.

17 May 2018

Fashion Tips

Bengaluru girl nails NIFT exam, comes 2nd nationally

When the NIFT entrance exam results got declared recently, Bengaluru had a reason to rejoice.